Amazon - Sunnyvale, CA

posted 2 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Sunnyvale, CA
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

As a Sr. Manager - Product Management Technical for Amazon's Echo devices, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of smart home technology. This position is not just about managing products; it's about setting the vision and strategy for the Amazon Echo product line. You will be responsible for defining and delivering the next generation of Echo devices, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of customers while integrating seamlessly into their lives. Your role will require you to work cross-functionally with various teams, including engineering, design, operations, finance, and executive leadership, to bring innovative features and products to market. In this dynamic environment, you will be expected to proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that could hinder the team's ability to achieve its goals. You will create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners, ensuring alignment and support across the organization. Your ability to define use cases, requirements, and prioritization for Echo device capabilities will be crucial in delivering new and creative Alexa experiences through these devices. You will also be responsible for developing detailed business requirements and user stories that will guide the creation of product specifications and architecture. Managing prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance, and operational support will be a key aspect of your role. Additionally, you will drive product launches, collaborating with public relations, executives, and other product management team members to ensure successful market entry.

Responsibilities

  • Set the vision and strategy for Amazon Echo.
  • Define, build, and launch the next generation of Echo devices.
  • Hire and develop a bar-raising team of product managers.
  • Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals.
  • Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.
  • Define use cases, requirements, and prioritization for Echo device capabilities.
  • Work with partner teams to deliver new and creative Alexa experiences through devices.
  • Develop detailed, crisp business requirements and user stories for product specifications and architecture.
  • Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, performance, and operational support load.
  • Work closely with engineering teams and program management to deliver products to market.
  • Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience.
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Experience leading engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.
  • Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to prioritize well and communicate clearly.
  • Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.
  • Experience with end to end product delivery.
  • Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product.
  • Experience in technical product management.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience working directly with Engineers on product enhancements.
  • Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical coverage
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible work hours
  • Employee discounts on Amazon products and services
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